Car-fender.



PATENTED 00T. 4, 1904.

J. HAPPEL. CAR FENDER.

` APPLICATION FILED DBO. 13, 19o2.

` N0 MODEL.

l llllllllllelllllllll'llll WITNESSES Allorney INVENTOR Patented October4, 1904.

PATENT OEEICE.

JACOB HAPPEL, OF MIDDLETOWN, KENTUCKY.

CAR-FENDER.

I SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N o. 771,545, datedOctober 4, 1904.

Application filed December 13, 1902. Serial No. 135,127. (No model.)

T0 a/ZZ whom, t may concern:

Be it known that I, JACOB HAPPEL, a resident of Middletown, in thecounty of Jefferson and State of Kentucky, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Oar-Fenders; and I do hereby declare thefollowing to be a full, clear, and exact description of the inventio`n,such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains tomake and use the same.

My invention relates to an improved fender for cars, the object of theinvention being to provide improvements of this character which willmost eifectnally pick up persons on the track and deposit them in abasket or receptacle without injury, and, further, to provide acontinuously-revolving roller at the extreme end of the fender to serveas a pick-up.

I/Vith these objects in View the invention consists in certain novelfeatures of construction and combinations and arrangements of parts, aswillbe more fully hereinafter described, and pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figurel is a plan view illustrating myimprovements, and Fig. 2 is a side View partially broken away.

1 represents a portion of a car-truck supported by the ordinarycarwheels 2 and to which my improvements are connected, as will now bedescribed.

To the truck 1, at each side, two dependingbars 3 are pivotally securedand are pivotally secured at their lower ends to forwardly-projectingbars 4, connected by cross-bars 5 and forming the fender-frame. rI hebars 4 have secured thereto about midway their ends uprights 6, in whicha shaft 7 is mounted, and has secured thereon at both endssprocketwheels 8 and 9, respectively.

At the forward end of truck 1` in uprights 10n on bars 4 a shaft 10 ismounted and carries friction -Wheels 11, engaging the carwheels toreceive motion therefrom. This shaft l() has its bearings l2n supportedin slots in the uprights 10, and set-screws 12 are provided to adjustthe bearings in the slots to take up wear on the friction-wheels. Onthis shaft 10 sprocket-wheels 13 are secured and are connected -byendless sprocket-chains 14 with sprocket-wheels 8, and sprocket-wheels 9are connected by endless sprocket-chains 15 with sprocket-wheels 16 onthe outer ends of a shaft 17 at the forward end of the bars 4. A pick-uproller 18 is secured upon this shaft 17 between bars 4 and is preferablymade with bristles or other frictional surface to grasp the persons orobjects and lift them onto a wirenetting 19 or other platform, which Iterm the basket, of my improved fender, and teeth 5 are provided on bar5, preventing a downward pull of the roller 18.

A spring-wall 2O is attached at one end to the fender-frame at 19 nearthe rear end of the netting 18 and extends upwardly, so as to terminatein front of the car-platform to prevent persons from being thrown withviolence against the dashboard and for relieving the shock to them whenthey are picked up.

The drawings do not illustrate the connections of the chain with meanson the platform forraising and lowering it, as any desired devices maybe used for this purpose.

The operation of my improvements is as follows: The friction-wheels 11receive their motion from the car-wheels and revolve the shaft 10 andturn sprocket-wheels 13 to move chains 14 and 15 and revolve roller 18in the proper direction to pick up a person or object on the track anddeposit them or it into the basket, thus precluding any possibility ofthc fender passing over them.

A great many changes might be made in the general form and arrangementof the parts described without departing frorn my invention, and hence Ido not confine myself to the precise construction set forth, butconsider myself at liberty to make such slight changes and alterationsas fairly fall within the spirit and scope of my invention.

- Having fully described my invention, what end of Said frame, and meansfor transmitting' motion from the friction-roller to Said forwardroller, substantially as set forth.

2. In a fender, the combination with u pivotally-supported fender-frame,of a frictionwheel mounted on seid frame and adapted to engage aear-wheel, a roller mounted at the forward end of the fender-frame andprovided with bristles, a shaft journaled on an intermediate portion ofthe fender frame and sprocket-gearing connecting seid shaft with thefriction-wheel and bristled roller.

3. In a fender, the combination with a pivotally-supported fender-frame,and :L bristled roller journeled at the forward end thereof, of

witnesses.

JACOB HAPPEL. I/Vitnesses:

W. ALLEN KINNEY, OSCAR O. BADER.

